Community Rules and The Elephant in the Room - Lemmy.world

Hello fellow humans. I am posting today to address two topics: ## Rules As we round 2000 subscribers, it is time to define some rules for the community. Many of you have probably noticed that the discussions have, at times, become heated and in some cases personal. As a fallible and emotional human, I too have been involved in this, and I want to define rules for myself as much as for everyone else. So, the simplest solution is to “borrow” the subreddit rules. However, there are some rules that I do not think apply here and I have removed them and tuned the remainder. For instance, I think a lot of the rules about “low-effort” content may be overly restrictive and, frankly, isn’t even enforced on the subreddit. This is not to say that I want to allow low-effort content, but I think the other rules cover the bases adequately (and this is true for other removals). If there is something I have left out, and you feel it is important, please comment here. 0. Be your own moderator - Think before you post or comment, and use your common sense about what is acceptable. This is a community space and should ultimately be community-driven. Be the community you want to see here. - If you are here because you want to make fun of or grandstand over all of the silly people who believe that UFO/UAPs may exist, you are not welcome. Just block the community and go about your day. 1. Be Civil - No trolling or being disruptive. - No insults or personal attacks. - No accusations that other users are shills/agents. If you have some kind of evidence of this, please report instead. - No hate speech or abusive speech based on race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation. - No harassment, threats, or advocating violence. - No witch hunts or doxxing. - No summarily dismissive comments (e.g. “Swamp gas.”). 2. Posts must be related to UFO/UAPs 3. Avoid duplicate posts 4. Link posts should contain the linked content - For articles or other long-form content, include a summary of some kind. - For short-form content, such as tweets, include the entire text. When we agree on the final rules, I will begin moderating all new posts and comments using them. I’m not going to retroactively enforce these rules because frankly nobody got time for that. ## The Elephant And lastly, I believe there is an unspoken phenomena occurring that I want to address; that is, I think that the overall lack of content and discussion in this community (and many others) has led many ex-redditors to creep back to their former home. I get it, the subreddit has by far more up-to-date news and commentary and this community simply does not. Hence, I want to put out a call for those who have the time: Please do your part to contribute. I cannot be the only person here posting content. Of the ~2k subscribers, I am certain that there are a percentage who post consistently to reddit still. I ask you only to take a small amount of time to consider cross-posting to this community, or posting news as it appears on your various feeds. You will quickly see the results of even a small amount of effort here, I promise. ~🛸 Cheers, Daughter of Mars